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Charges Dropped Against Lucian Wintrich

Lucian Wintrich was arrested after grabbing a woman who grabbed his notes of a lecturn during a speech at the University of Connecticut. He was charged with misdemeanor breach of peace, which the state agreed to drop at his arraignment. He spoke with his attorney Norman Pattis outside court.

(Published Monday, Dec. 11, 2017)

Charges have been dropped against a conservative commentator who grabbed a woman after she took a copy of his speech at the University of Connecticut titled "It's OK To Be White." The woman who took the papers has now been charged instead.

Lucian Wintrich was arrested after grabbing the woman and charged with misdemeanor breach of peace. Wintrich is the White House correspondent for the right-wing blog Gateway Pundit. He was at UConn on Nov. 28 to give the speech, which drew protesters.

Schoenhorn previously told NBC Connecticut his client was motivated by the desire to stop what he described as “hateful, racist statements” that Wintrich was making during the speech.

"He's going to suggest that picking up a piece of paper deserves a lawsuit whereas his violent reaction and threats — nevermind the fact that he physically assaulted Ms. Gregory — would be what, understandable under the circumstances? But his provocations would not," Schoenhorn said.

Gregory is due in court on Wednesday. She works as a college adviser at Quinebaug Valley Community. QVCC released a statement after the incident saying that Gregory attended the event as a private citizen and that it does not condone the behavior and encourages peaceful discourse and compassionate debate.